THE HISTORY OF TOKYO IS AS EVENTFUL AS IT IS LONG. A CONCISE YET
DETAILED OVERVIEW OF THIS FASCINATING, CENTURIES-OLD CITY, _TOKYO: A
BIOGRAPHY_ IS A PERFECT COMPANION VOLUME FOR HISTORY BUFFS OR
TOKYO-BOUND TRAVELERS LOOKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR DESTINATION.
In a whirlwind journey through Tokyo's past from its earliest
beginnings up to the present day, this Japanese history book
demonstrates how the city's response to everything from natural
disasters to regime change has been to reinvent itself time and again.
A calamitous fire results in a massive expansion of the city's
territory. A debate over the Samurai code creates far-reaching social
change. A malleable boy becomes the figurehead for powerful forces
which change an ancient feudal society into a modern industrialized
power within a generation. Utter destruction wipes the slate clean
again so Tokyoites may start all over. And so it goes.
Tokyo's story is riveting, and by the end of _Tokyo: A Biography_,
readers see a city almost unrivaled in its uniqueness, a place
that--despite its often tragic history--still shimmers as it prepares
to face the future.
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ISBN
9781462918966
Publisert
2016
Utgiver
Vendor
Tuttle Publishing
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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